"p.m." meaning in English

See p.m. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /piːˈɛm/ Audio: En-us-p.m..ogg Forms: PM [alternative], P. M. [alternative], P.M. [alternative], p. m. [alternative], pm [alternative], P [alternative, US], p [alternative, US]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Abbreviation of post meridiem ("after noon"). Etymology templates: {{abbr of|en|post meridiem}} Abbreviation of post meridiem Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} p.m.
  1. (used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. Synonyms: in the afternoon Translations (after noon): م [masculine] (Arabic), مَسَاءً (masāʔan) (Arabic), 下午 (xiàwǔ) (english: afternoon) (Chinese Mandarin), 晚上 (wǎnshang) (english: evening, night) (Chinese Mandarin), odpoledne (Czech), večer (Czech), ptm. (Esperanto), p.t.m. (Esperanto), p.m. (Finnish), iltapäivällä (Finnish), ip. (Finnish), j. pp. (Finnish), après-midi (French), de l'après-midi (French), du soir (French), de la nuit (French), ნაშუადღევს (našuadɣevs) (Georgian), nachmittags (German), am Nachmittag (German), μ.μ. (m.m.) (Greek), אחרי הצהריים (Hebrew), síðdegis (Icelandic), eftir hádegi (Icelandic), e.h. (Icelandic), p.m. (Icelandic), p.m. (Italian), pomeridiano (Italian), di pomeriggio (Italian), 午後 (gogo) (alt: ごご) (Japanese), түстен кейін (tüsten keiın) (Kazakh), 오후 (ohu) (Korean), 오후에 (ohue) (Korean), ҮХ (ÜX) (Mongolian), tł'éeʼgo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo... (note: 10 p.m. in the future) (Navajo), ب.ظ (b.z) (Persian), p.m. (Portuguese), по́сле полу́дня (pósle polúdnja) (Russian), пополу́дни (popolúdni) (english: afternoon) (Russian), дня (dnja) (english: afternoon) (Russian), ве́чера (véčera) (english: evening, night) (Russian), f (feasgar) (Scottish Gaelic), p. m. (Spanish), PM (Spanish), em (Swedish), n.h. (Tagalog), n.g. (Tagalog), ድሕር ሰዒት (dəḥr säʿit) (Tigrinya), ÖS. (Turkish), y.p. (Welsh), y.h. (Welsh)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /piːˈɛm/ Audio: En-us-p.m..ogg Forms: PM [alternative], P. M. [alternative], P.M. [alternative], p. m. [alternative], pm [alternative], P [alternative, US], p [alternative, US]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Abbreviation of post mortem ("after death"). Etymology templates: {{abbr of|en|post mortem}} Abbreviation of post mortem Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} p.m.
  1. after death
    Sense id: en-p.m.-en-adv-oCSVVpN9 Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1971, U.S. Department of Commerce, Hourly Precipitation Data: Ohio, page 14",
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          "text": "We never say 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. It's either 12 midnight or 12 noon, respectively.",
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          "text": "The 12-hour clock uses A.M. for the morning hours of midnight (12:00 A.M.) to almost noon (11:59 A.M.) and the P.M. designation for the hours from noon (12:00 P.M.) to almost midnight (11:59 PM).",
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          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Anna. — Yes, Ms. Weaver. — Are you busy? — Yes, Ms. Weaver. I am busy. — My office. 5:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m."
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          "ref": "2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN:",
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          "ref": "2023 August 3, Yeh Chen, Bernadette Hsiao, “4 found without vital signs after vehicle plunges into rural Taoyuan valley”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-03, Society:",
          "text": "The Taoyuan City Fire Department said that two others, a man and a woman, were pulled from the vehicle alive after rescuers were called to the scene of the accident near Sbunaw Bridge in Fuxing District at 12:27 p.m.",
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        "In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock."
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "masāʔan",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "مَسَاءً"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "afternoon",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiàwǔ",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "下午"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "evening, night",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wǎnshang",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "晚上"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "odpoledne"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "večer"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ptm."
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.t.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "iltapäivällä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ip."
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "j. pp."
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "après-midi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "de l'après-midi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "du soir"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "de la nuit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "našuadɣevs",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ნაშუადღევს"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "nachmittags"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "am Nachmittag"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "m.m.",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "μ.μ."
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "אחרי הצהריים"
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        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "síðdegis"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "eftir hádegi"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "e.h."
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "pomeridiano"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "di pomeriggio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごご",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gogo",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "午後"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tüsten keiın",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "түстен кейін"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohu",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "오후"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ohue",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "오후에"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ÜX",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ҮХ"
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        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "note": "10 p.m. in the future",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "tł'éeʼgo neeznáágóó oolkiłgo..."
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "note": "tłʼéeʼgo neeznáadi oolkił yę́ędą́ą́ʼ...",
          "sense": "after noon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "b.z",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ب.ظ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p.m."
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pósle polúdnja",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "по́сле полу́дня"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "afternoon",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "popolúdni",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "пополу́дни"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "afternoon",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dnja",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "дня"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "evening, night",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véčera",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ве́чера"
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        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "f (feasgar)"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "p. m."
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "n.h."
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "n.g."
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          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "dəḥr säʿit",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "ድሕር ሰዒት"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "after noon",
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "y.p."
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "after noon",
          "word": "y.h."
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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      "sense": "after noon",
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